Bible, fear, God, grace, idols, Jeremiah, mercy, sin
Yesterday we looked at Jeremiah 2 and saw ourselves in Israel’s rebellion. Like the Israelites, sometimes we choose to abandon God and go find substitute gods. We stop trusting the Lord and trust ourselves instead. We lose our awe of the Lord; we harden our...
Ann Voskamp, blessings, freedom, God, grace, growing, James, One Thousand Gifts, Psalms
Ann Voskamp has a favorite saying, “All is grace.” There is something good about everything, namely that everything affords us the opportunity to grow closer to God. Even the bad things that happen have a good component. Extreme tragedies, for example,...
Bible, God, grace, growing, Holy Spirit, idols, Joshua, worship
We sprinted through the book of Joshua yesterday in Bible study. With only one documented screw up (Joshua 9), Joshua was one of Israel’s most faithful leaders. He was big on Bible reading and made it a priority for his people to know the Word so they could...
Bible, evangelism, faith, God, grace, Job
My church is inviting everyone to read through the Bible chronologically this year. And to make it more exciting, they’ve recommended a website, YouVersion, to help. (And, seriously, it makes it more exciting! I love the change of pace of reading the Bible on...
Bible, Genesis, God, grace
I had the pleasure of spending time with some remarkably brilliant women on Thursday morning. We were training to lead a new Bible study in January, but really what we were doing was dissecting Genesis 1-3. Yeah, THAT Genesis 1-3. The section of the Old Testament...
